Display box



III lllllllllllllL L. D. YOUNG DISPLAY BOX Filed Oct. .14, 1926 Dec. 20 1927.

Patented Dec. 20, 1927. I

' LEWI'S D. YOUNG, GEPROVIDENCE,'RHODEISIJAND, ASSIGNOR TQYOU'NGBRO-THERS Inc, or rnovrnnnengnnomi ISL-AND;

DISPLAY Box.

Application and October 14;"1' 26. strains. 141524;

This invention relates to certain'newand useful improvements in display boxes, and the primary object thereof is to provide an improved box of this kind which can be economically produced and which is of strong and durable construction, at the same time a box which is of neat and attractive appearance and which displays the articles to the best advantage.

iv The further object of the invention is to provide an improved manner of hingedly connecting the cover to the body so that the cover will be held in vertical position when open by the horizontal surface on which the box rests or is placed.

The invention has still further and other objects which will be later set forth and of themselves manifested in the course of the following description.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1, is a top plan-view of the invention, the cover being in open position;

Fig. 2., is a section on line 22 of Fig. 1 and Fig. 3 is a similar view on line 33 of Fig. 1.

In proceeding in accordance with the present invention, a base 1 formed of a thin sheet of material is provided upon which is secured a preferably wooded frame having ends 2, a front side 3, and a rear side 4. The rear side is of greater width than the front, and the upper side edges of the front, rear and ends are bevelled accordingly to thereby i provide a. frame the top of which is of 1nclined or angular form.

The frame is open at its center,and may be covered along its exposed portions by paper or other finishing material which may be glued or otherwise secured to the frame and also to the base 1, in any suitable manner.

As shown in the drawings, the walls of the frame are spaced from the corresponding edges of the base, or in other words, the latter at its marginal edges projects outwardly from the corresponding walls of the frame, as illustrated at 66 and 77. A cover 8 of rectangular hollow form may also be covered with paper or other suitable material, and is hinged by a preferably fabric strip 10 to the rear projection 7 of the base 1, so as to thus form, when in open position, practically a continuation of the base. As shown in Fig. 3 when the box seats on a supporting surface the rear side of the cover rests upon such surface and is held thereby in open positi'on.

A filler 10 is provided for the open wood frame and has ends 11, a rear side 12 and front side 13. The filler has its rear and front sides and its ends of the same width and inclination respectively of the wood.

the filler along the ends, front and back of the latter, the covering or facing being depressed or bowed downwardly at 20 and 21 into the spaces provided by the bending of the material resulting from the cut-outs, to thus form pockets to receive the articles to be displayed. It-will be noted that by reason of the inclined formation of the frame and the filler and the hinging ofthe box in the manner above described, the box has greater capacity accordingly.

The filler is removable for any desired purpose, and by virtueof its open hollow formation, articles may if desired be stored between the base and the filler.

' Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a display box, a base composed of relatively thin sheet material, asubstantially rectangular frame having an open center secured to the base and having its outer edges spaced from the edges of the latter, said frame having the upper faces of its walls inclined rearwardly, a filler for the frame having its upper surface inclined to correspond to the inclined upper faces of the frame, flexible strips disposed between the bottom edge of the rear wall of the frame and the upper face of the base and having their Outer ends free, and a hinged cover for the frame having its rear wall secured to the free ends of the strips whereby the same is supported in open position by the surface on which the box may rest.

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2. In a display box, a base composed of relatively thin sheet material, a substantially rectangular frame having an open center se cured to the base, said frame having the upper faces of its Walls inclined rearwardly, a

filler for the frame having its upper surface inclined to correspond to the inclined upper faces of the frame, and having sides and ends which engage the sides and ends in the open center of the frame and seat on their bottom edges on the base, said filler further having struck out portions in its surface disposed downwardly to form openings therein, one of said-portions having its free edge contacting With the base intermediate the side Walls thereof, a covering'for the filler having portions disposed loosely in said openings to form article. receiving pockets, said covering having its free endsdispcsed between the side and end Walls of'the filler and base, and a cover hinged to the rear side of the frame. In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name to this specification. V

LEWIS D. YOUNG. 

